Nebraska Public Media

Nebraska Public Media, which was previously known as Nebraska Educational Telecommunications (NET), serves as a network of public radio and television stations across Nebraska. This network is managed by the Nebraska Educational Telecommunications Commission (NETC). All television stations are part of the Public Broadcasting Service (PBS), and the radio stations are affiliated with National Public Radio (NPR).

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US farmers were already struggling to turn a profit. Trump's trade war will make that harder

3 days ago | nebraskapublicmedia.org | Frank Morris

A sense of foreboding is widespread this spring. “There's a whole bunch of things that are happening at the same time, and none of them are good,” said Vance Ehmke, who grows wheat, rye, and a forage crop called triticale in western Kansas. Ehmke believes that U.S. agriculture was in recession before the trade war. Now farmers’ exports are threatened by retaliatory tariffs.
Nebraska officials react to death of Pope Francis

3 days ago | nebraskapublicmedia.org | Matt Olberding

Local religious and political officials weighed in Monday on the death of Pope Francis. Francis, who was the first pope from Latin America, died Monday after more than 12 years as head of the Catholic Church. He was 88. Bishop James Conley of the Diocese of Lincoln said Francis was a “pope of the people” due to his humility and kindness. “He was constantly encouraging us to reach out to those on the peripheries of our society who may be ignored, forgotten and disregarded.
3 dead in small plane crash on Platte River near Fremont

5 days ago | nebraskapublicmedia.org | Matt Olberding

Three people died Friday night when a small plane crashed into the Platte River south of Fremont. The Dodge County Sheriff's Office said in a news release that the bodies of the three occupants have been recovered. Identities are not being released, pending notification of families.
Nebraska Supreme Court finds parole reforms passed in 2023 constitutional, reversing lower court order

6 days ago | nebraskapublicmedia.org | Molly Ashford

Nearly 1,800 people in Nebraska prisons will receive earlier parole eligibility dates — or become parole eligible for the first time — after a Friday decision from the Nebraska Supreme Court. The decision reversed a lower court’s ruling that parts of LB50, a comprehensive criminal justice reform effort passed by the Nebraska Legislature in 2023, were unconstitutional. LB50 accelerated parole eligibility for certain offenders and created a geriatric parole program.
Medical marijuana regulation stalls in Nebraska Legislature Committee

1 week ago | nebraskapublicmedia.org | Brian Beach

A bill to regulate medical cannabis in Nebraska faced a significant setback Thursday afternoon. During an executive session in the Legislature’s General Affairs Committee, senators failed to advance LB677, which regulates medical marijuana. The legislation comes on the heels of initiatives to legalize and regulate the substance, which both passed in November with more than two-thirds of the vote.
Legislators debate penalties for assaulting hospital workers, tax credits for defense contractors

1 week ago | nebraskapublicmedia.org | Fred Knapp

People who assault hospital workers or pharmacists would get harsher sentences under a bill advancing in the Legislature. And defense contractors who move to Nebraska would get a break on their income taxes under another proposal that’s moving ahead. The bill dealing with assaults on health care workers would bump up existing penalties one level.
Senators discuss tougher penalties for assaults on hospital workers debated

1 week ago | nebraskapublicmedia.org | Fred Knapp

A proposal to increase penalties for people who assault health care workers provoked opposition Tuesday in the Legislature from senators who said it would be ineffective. Nebraska already has heightened penalties for assaulting licensed health care professionals. The proposals debated Tuesday would extend that to everyone who works in a hospital, and to pharmacists as well. Sen. Beau Ballard said people in health care are common targets.
Unicameral advances bill requiring cremation or burial of remains from elective abortions

1 week ago | nebraskapublicmedia.org | Brian Beach

A proposal to change how the remains from elective abortions are disposed of is moving forward in the Nebraska Legislature after two days of debate. Sen. Ben Hansen’s LB632, which would require abortion remains to be buried or cremated, advanced on a 34-11 vote Tuesday morning. Currently, Nebraska hospitals are required to bury or cremate fetal remains after spontaneous abortions, miscarriages or stillbirths.
Pillen announces $150,000 incentive for livestock vets to practice in rural Nebraska

1 week ago | nebraskapublicmedia.org | Molly Ashford

Nebraska Gov. Jim Pillen announced a new grant program on Monday aimed at attracting livestock veterinarians to practice in rural Nebraska. The Nebraska Rural Veterinary Grant Program will provide up to 13 new veterinary graduates with $150,000 if they accept a job in rural Nebraska with 80% or more of their practice dedicated to treating “production animals,” or livestock. The awardees must agree to continue practicing in rural Nebraska for eight years.
Bezos-funded methane reduction initiative awards $2.3 million to UNL

1 week ago | nebraskapublicmedia.org | Molly Ashford

Researchers at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln have received a $2.3 million grant to explore selectively breeding beef cattle to lower methane emissions. UNL is the only U.S. university to receive a grant through the $27 million international project. The initiative is funded by the Bezos Earth Fund, a philanthropic effort of billionaire Amazon owner Jeff Bezos, and the Global Methane Hub, an international philanthropic organization focused on reducing methane emissions.